I agree....there are so many different 'gum nuts" some of which are so tiny and others are huge. Do you remember when boy scouts used gum nuts to 'tie' their scarves around their necks. Can't remember now what they were called.Please don't be offended River but the first two pics? Are they perhaps seed pods on bottlebrushes and not gum trees? Do correct me if I'm wrong. No matter as they are really special the way they stay there year after year if bushes not pruned (as ours aren't very often).

Diane Tolley; we get rose hips too, we're so lucky out here. Ha ha. But we don't get snow. Well, 99% of Australia doesn't get snow.

Mimsie; I don't know anything about the boy scouts. I'm not sure what those first two pics are, I know they aren't gum trees, they're a small shrub and I don't recall seeing the flowers, so can't be sure if they are bottle brushes. I thought they might be a form of banksia or grevillea, but without seeing flowers, I won't be sure. I'll make a note to take notice next summer when there should be flowers.